Chinese Character 认 Meanings and components.

Form

认

Meaning

认 meaning[3] in English

To Recognize.

To Know.

To Admit.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 认 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'speech' or 'words' … (讠) , and man (人)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with IVO

How to write 认

To write认ren4to recognize you should write a combination of 讠yan2'speech' or … , 人ren2man arranged in a 吅 shape:

讠 + 人 = 认

认 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 认 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 认, looks as follow:

认
Pinyin:ren4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Recognize . To Know . To Admit
讠
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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